TRUE LIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH ADAM TURLA OF MURDER BY DEATH Murder By Death will defy your expectations. What’s in a name, anyway? The fiercely original quintet out of Bloomington, Indiana is unequal parts Americana, dark folk rock, and [...]
YEAH N9NA, YOU TELL ‘EM, YOU SELL ‘EM A CONVERSATION WITH TECH N9NE “It’s Nine”. I guess that’s how you answer the phone when you’ve sold millions of albums worldwide and have included countless features of other artists who [...]
ANESTHETIC A CONVERSATION WITH MARK MORTON OF LAMB OF GOD Lamb of God has, over the years, established itself as an essential name amongst modern metal bands. Each member brings a unique element to the finished record, various styles and [...]
A TRUE MYSTERY MAN: CELEBRATING NASH THE SLASH A CONVERSATION WITH AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE NORMAL CO-DIRECTOR TIM KOWALSKI “Nash had a folklore to him. He was fine with it and he played it up, too. He was kind of like, ‘What you want to believe [...]
WHEN YOU DRAW A CIRCLE YOU CAN BEGIN ANYWHERE A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN LAMBKE Steven Lambke is a very talented individual. He is a writer, poet, musician, producer, performer and label owner. While attending University of Guelph in 1997, [...]
FOR MY FRIEND, JEFF A CONVERSATION WITH THE JEFF HEALEY BAND DRUMMER TOM STEPHEN The name Tom Stephen often brings up mixed feelings across the Canadian public and industry. As both the drummer and manager of The Jeff Healey Band he was an [...]
WE WERE HIPPIES, WE WERE WHO WE WERE A CONVERSATION WITH DENISE KAUFMAN OF ACE OF CUPS San Francisco in the mid 1960’s was the place to be, especially if you were a hippie. It was also a musical hub. The time and place was right for bands to [...]
WEIRD AMERICAN GOTHIC: THESE WICKED THINGS A CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARPENTER OF BEAT CIRCUS After ten years, songwriter Brian Carpenter and his band Beat Circus come roaring back with the final installment of the ‘Weird American Gothic’ [...]
PARLEZ-ING ABOUT ‘NO PARLEZ’ A CONVERSATION ABOUT PAUL YOUNG’S BRILLIANT CAREER For music fans in the early 1980s, Paul Young was just about everywhere. He was topping music charts, headlining concert tours, and he was all over the [...]
TORSTEN IN QUEERETERIA A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY BELL In 1985 Andy Bell answered an advertisement placed by Vince Clarke, looking for a vocalist for his new project. That project turned into Erasure. Since their debut album, Wonderland (released [...]
IT’S HARD NOT TO FEEL LIKE AN ANACHRONISM THESE DAYS A CONVERSATION WITH MEAT PUPPETS DRUMMER DERRICK BOSTROM To say the Meat Puppets have had an interesting career trajectory would be barely scratching the surface. Starting off of with a [...]
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PMA, BABY! A CONVERSATION WITH JESSE MACKOWYCZ OF QUARTER TANK To call Quarter Tank punk would be an oversimplification. Metal would be too unspecific. Crossover comes close but it doesn’t exactly account for the almost [...]
STILL PLENTY OF MILES TO GO FOR THIS CANADIAN BLUESMAN A CONVERSATION WITH COLIN JAMES For Colin James, the hardest part about going on the road is figuring out which guitars to bring. 19 albums and over four decades of playing the blues, Colin [...]
THEY’RE FROM WYOMING AND THEY’RE PRETTY PUNK ROCK A CONVERSATION WITH TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET “I’m from Wyoming and I’m pretty punk rock when it comes to snowstorms.” Ray Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket sounds perfectly content to do an interview [...]
THE PLAN IS…..JUST KEEP BEING MORBID ANGEL A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE TUCKER When it comes to the metal community, there are few bands as well known or respected as Morbid Angel. Since taking the scene by storm in 1989, pioneering death [...]
40 YEARS OF BAUHAUS AND COUNTING A CONVERSATION WITH PETER MURPHY “It’s like a beautiful, fast, black jaguar…not the car, the animal.” The veracity of Peter Murphy’s report on the 40 Years of Bauhaus Ruby Celebration Tour—we spoke one week after [...]
THE GOLDEN AGE A CONVERSATION WITH DOUG GILLARD OF GUIDED BY VOICES Displaying a stubborn determination, Guided by Voices, in its many forms has released 27 studio albums, the most recent being the ambitious double LP, Zeppelin Over China. With [...]
30 YEARS AND STILL VERY MUCH IN EFFECT A CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO FRESH WES 30 years since the release of the ground-breaking, nearly double-platinum album Symphony In Effect, Maestro Fresh-Wes, invariably known as the first big name in [...]
ROOTS, PROPHECIES, AND RITUALS A CONVERSATION WITH MAX CAVALERA FROM SOULFLY “Metal is good, and it’s just going to get better in 2019.” Max Cavalera is no stranger to metal. With an illustrious career that began with Sepultura from their very [...]
WORDS AND TOURS A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE WARNE OF PKEW PKEW PKEW “Why’s this fucking dick gotta be such a cock…” Pkew Pkew Pkew turned their scorn toward a wide array of targets on their first album; everyone from aged-out skateboarders, to [...]
LOOKING BACK AND GIVING BACK A CONVERSATION WITH SUE FOLEY It just keeps getting better for Sue Foley. The Canadian blues veteran has been putting out records for over twenty-five years. She’s toured the world and won a Juno Award. While some [...]
SOME THINGS PROVE EPHEMERAL, OTHERS ARE HERE TO STAY A CONVERSATION WITH MR.KITTY Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Mr.Kitty. Though I spent some time speaking with him, I walked away with more questions than answers. That is not to [...]
STARS ON GUITARS: 60 YEARS OF SURF ROCK WITH THE VENTURES A CONVERSATION WITH DON & STACI WILSON It’s hard to believe that 2019 is the 60th anniversary of the debut of the best-selling instrumental rock band of all-time, The Ventures, whose [...]
ANVIL IS STILL ANVIL A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE “LIPS” KUDLOW Canadian Heavy Metal heroes Anvil like to keep busy. It’s been a year since the release of Pounding the Pavement, and they have just released the video for opening track [...]
